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Simple
Design Elements
Can
Have A Significant Impact
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Professional Home Staging Services
In the Hillsborough
County Area
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We can help you with your home staging
plans. Our services include but are not limited to painting,
caulking, landscaping, bathroom repairs, kitchen repairs
and more.
Let Us Help You Get
Top Dollar
Call Today
(813) 323-8683
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Preparing
Your Home For Resale
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Home Staging Pays Off, Why?
It results in greater return and faster closings.
Current real estate market conditions have made it increasingly
important to prepare your house for resale. The money
spent on preparing your home is an investment. Statistics
show that proper preparation of your investment
will yield more viewings, reduce the likelihood of price
reductions and spend fewer days on market.
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Six
Steps To Help Jump Start Your Home Staging Efforts
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1. Declutter.
Rent a storage unit and move out excess or bulky furniture;
unload kitchen and pantry shelves; empty closets so
that they're only about half full; box up the stereo
system; and clear out the garage so that it can hold
a car again.
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2. Depersonalize.
You love your family photos, mantle piece thimble collection
and bowling trophies. Buyers probably won't. Store your
personal keepsakes until the home sells. Hide your toiletries,
too, except for things like decorative soap.
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3. Neutralize loud colors.
Purple shag carpet doesn't sell. Nor does the pink fairy
wallpaper in your daughter's room. Studies show buyers
prefer warm but neutral colors like beige
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4. Clean and deodorize.
Goes without saying, you might think. Guess again. Stagers
have to remind people to vacuum corner cobwebs, scour
the grout, degrease the garage and steam clean carpets.
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5. Let there be Light.
Increase wattage on light bulbs in darker rooms and
remove screens if it helps brighten things.
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6. Curb appeal counts.
No one will tour a house if it looks shabby outside.
Weed the flower beds; trim the shrubs; mow the lawn
and edge the sidewalks. Clean dirty siding and stucco.
Retire the dented mailbox.
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Expected
Return On Home Improvement Investments
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Typical
Cost
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Increase
in Sales Price
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Average
Return
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Agents
who recommend
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| Lighten
and brighten
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$86-110
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$768-935
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769%
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84%
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| Clean
& de-clutter
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$305-339
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$2,093-2,378
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594%
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91%
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| Fix
plumbing, electrical
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$338-381
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$922-1,208
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196%
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63%
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| Landscape
& trim
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$432-506
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$1,594-1,839
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266%
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72%
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| Staging
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$212-1,089
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$2,275-2,841
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169%
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76%
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| Kitchen/bath
upgrades
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$1,546-2,120
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$3,823-4,885
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138%
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83%
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| Repair
flooring
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$1,531-1,714
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$2,267-2,589
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50%
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62%
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| Paint
exterior walls
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$2,188-2,381
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$2,907-3,233
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34%
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57%
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| Replace
carpeting
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$2,602-2,765
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$3,585-3,900
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39%
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65%
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| 2003
HomeGain Survey of 2,000 real estate agents nationwide found that
moderately priced home improvements, ranging from $80-2,800, made in
preparation for sale actually yield the highest returns when a house is
sold. Increases for 2006 are anticipated to be even higher.
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"Most
people do not like to buy homes that appear to be someone else's.
Houses that sell the quickest and for the highest price are those that
do not look as though they belong to someone else, instead they almost
look like a store display.
- Realty Times
"Statistics .....report that while most homes take more than 30 days to sell,
Staged homes average about 13 days on the market and sell for about 6 percent over list price."
- Fort Worth Star
Telegram, June 2004 |
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